The innovations of Microsoft Holographics brought to life by the Microsoft HoloLens are quite remarkable. While the HoloLens Development Edition is still v1 hardware, it’s really amazing how well it works. One thing Microsoft hasn’t really published is what the hardware specifications (CPU, RAM, Storage, etc) are inside powering the HoloLens device. Using the HoloLens Settings app along with the AIDA64 app available in the Windows Store many of the hardware specification details can be discovered. A compilation of the HoloLens hardware specs are below.

System

Manufacturer	Microsoft Corporation
Product Name	HoloLens
SKU	HoloLens_1
Root Device Manufacturer	Microsoft Corporation
Root Device Model	HoloLens
Root Device Category	Computer.Portable
Installed RAM	2 GB
Internal Storage Capacity	54.09 GB

CPU

CPU Model	Intel(R) Atom(TM) x5-Z8100P CPU @ 1.04Ghz
Core Architecture	Intel Airmont
Manufacturing Process	14 nm
Instruction Set	32-bit x86
CPU Revision	406C3h
Logical Processors	4

Holographic Processing Unit (HPU)

Model	Custom made for Microsoft HoloLens
HPU RAM	1 GB

There’s not much information currently available on the HPU. This is a brand new piece of hardware custom developed by Microsoft specifically for the HoloLens.

Display

GPU Model	HoloLens Graphics
GPU Vendor ID	8086h (Intel)
Dedicated Video Memory	114 MB
Shared System Memory	980 MB

Battery

Designed Capacity	16,500 mWh

Operating System

Operating System	Windows 10
Version	10.0.11082.1033
App Memory Usage Limit	900 MB

Devices – Camera

Resolution	2.4 MP (2048 x 1152)
Video Resolution	1.1 MP (1408 x 792)
Video Speed	30 fps
Min / Max Exposure Time	0.0005 / 0.5 sec
Power Line Frequency	50 Hz

Devices – Storage Device

Device	Toshiba 064G32
Capacity	64 GB

Wi-Fi

Manufacturer	Broadcom
Description	Broadcom 802.11ac Wireless PCIE Full Dongle Adapter

Bluetooth

Version	Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy (LE)

This is likely far more technical hardware details than most people are interested in, but that’s the exact reason why I’ve compiled and posted it here. The purpose of this site is to take a deep dive into all things relating to the Microsoft HoloLens. What better to dive deep into than the hardware inside the Microsoft HoloLens itself.

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